New Evidence Suggests Extended Interbreeding Between Neanderthals and Humans
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Scientists have found evidence at Skhul Cave in Israel suggesting that interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens occurred around 140,000 years ago, predating previous estimates by nearly 100,000 years, indicating a long period of coexistence and genetic mingling between the two species.
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